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Census Tract · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Spokane Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53063013600 · Spokane County, WA · pop 5,177 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Spokane

Eviction risk in Spokane eviction risk centers on tract 53063013600, which scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,177 residents. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,438 a month while the average household earns $60,887 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 22% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$60,887

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 66 tracts In Spokane
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#26 of 130 tracts In Spokane County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#137 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5,690 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spokane and the region

Centroid at 47.6055, -117.4836 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spokane scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spokane
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,438 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spokane
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spokane
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spokane
5.5

How Spokane compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spokane risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 013600Spokane: 6.76.7Spokaneparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 11Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 0.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.7%Peak (2016)
  • 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530630136002014: 2 filings (0.29/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (0.57/100 renter HHs)2016: 5 filings (0.69/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spokane

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Spokane eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Spokane County average of 5.1 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 11 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 0.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.7% of renter households in 2016.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53063013600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53063013600?

Census tract 53063013600 in Spokane scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 53063013600?

Median gross rent is $1,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53063013600?

17.9% of residents in tract 53063013600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,177.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53063013600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 50th, minority 27th, housing 44th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53063013600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 53063013600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.52% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 53063013600 compare to Spokane overall?

Tract 53063013600 scores 6.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Spokane at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spokane eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 53063013600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

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